PostgreSQL: being written in the sane subset of C instead of being a pile of amateurish C++. As a result of this design decision the resource management of ea

PostgreSQL: being written in the sane subset of C instead of being a pile of amateurish C++. As a result of this design decision the resource management of each major part, like the buffer pool, the lock manager, etc is explicit and straightforward. This, in turn, leads to indeed stable and predicable runtime behavior during high loads. Basically, PostgreSQL is one of very few canonical examples of what sanity and attention to details could accomplish.